Essential Tech Foundations

You’ve done it again. Unboxed something that looked like magic. Only to realize it’s just the same old thing with a new coat of paint.

I’m tired of hearing that technology moves faster than we do. You feel it too. That low-grade panic when your phone updates itself and half the buttons…

You’re staring at two devices. One buzzes with apps. The other tracks your sleep like it’s personal.

You stare at the wall of vape devices and feel nothing but dread. Which one actually works. Which one won’t leak all over your coat.

You bought a smart speaker. Then a smart light. Then a smart plug that needed its own app. Now your phone has seventeen apps just to turn off the lights.

You’re staring at the screen. Your third coffee is cold. You slept eight hours. You tried. But your brain feels like it’s running on dial-up.

You’ve seen the headlines. Another tech term drops. Another wave of hype crashes over your inbox. But here’s what actually happened last month in Portland.

You’ve sat through another budget meeting. Listened to another pitch about “digital transformation.

I watched an AI reject a nurse for a job because her resume said “cared for patients at home”. And the system flagged “home” as “not professional enough.

You know that feeling. You’ve read the books. You’ve made the plans. You’ve even set the alarms. And yet (you) still hit snooze.